Pocket-protector.



No. 693,780.- Patented Feb. 18, I902. A. BRAUN.

POCKET PROTECTOR.

(Application filed Dec. 18, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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ALBERT BRAUN, OF ALLEGHENY, PENNSYLVANIA.

POCKET-PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 693,780, dated February 18, 1902.

Application filed December 18, 1900. Serial No. 40.330. (N model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT BRAUN, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Allegheny, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pocket-Protectors, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pocket-protectors,

and has for its object the provision of novel means whereby pockets in garments will always remain closed unless a certain pressure is exercised upon a device that will open the pocket to allow articles to be removed therefrom and will automatically close again.

The invention further aims to construct a device of this character that will be very 2o flexible,and,furthermore, possess advantages in points of simplicity, strength, and durability.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In describing the invention in detail reference is had to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a section of a garment, showing the pocket that my improved protector is applied to. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the spring-plate. Fig. 3 is a similar view of the hinged spring-plate formed in two sections. Fig. 4 is a longitu- 4o dinal sectional view showing the position of the parts when the protector and pocket are open.

In the drawings the reference-numeral 1 indicates the garment, and 2 the pocket 4 5 thereof.

ing on their inner ends a hinge connection 7 and on their outer ends apertures 8, the latter registering With the apertures 4 of the flat spring 3 to receive fastening means passing through the apertures 4 and 8.

The reference-numeral 10 indicates the inner lining of the pocket, between which and the material of the pocket 1 the fiat spring and the sections 5 6 are placed when in actual use, as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. The fiat spring 3 and the two sections 5 and 6 are adapted to be secured to the inner lining 10 and together by meanslof the thread, cord, and the like, as shown in Fig. lin dotted lines.

The operation of my improved pocket-protector is a simple and easy one, as only a slight outward pressure is necessary to open the device and allow articles to be removed from the pocket or placed therein, as the case may be.

The many advantages thus obtained by the use of my improved pocket-protector will be readily apparent when it is considered that the springs will normally hold the pocket in a closed position, and an accidental opening of the same is impossible. Furthermore, the advantages obtained by applying the same to hip-pockets and the like will be apparent when considering the liability of losing articles from the pockets. Particular attention is directed to the fact that the pockets cannot be picked as easily as in cases where the protector is not applied.

It will be noted that various changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a device of the character described, the combination of a substantially fiat rectangular spring lying in the same plane through out the entire length thereof, said spring having a single pair of apertures formed at its extremities, two substantially flat rectangular spring-sections, each of which is substantially one-half the length of said firstnamed spring, each of which sections lies in the same plane throughout its entire length, a hinged connection between said spring-sections at their inner ends, the outer ends of Ice said sections having a single pair of aperties of the said parts and securing the device Lures formed therein registering with the apto the pocket, substantially as described. '0 ertures of the first-named spring, the said In testimony whereof I affix my signature sections and spring adapted to be secured in the presence of two witnesses.

5 between the lining and the material of the ALBERT BRAUN.

pocket, threads secured through the said reg- VVit'nesses: istering apertures and the lining, said thread JOHN NOLAND,

forming a hinged connection at the extremi- 1 E. E. POTTER. 

